What started out as a popular social media website to stay in contact with friends, and groups. Is now being used as a secret weapon by small local business to catch criminals. That right Facebook is being used to lock up criminals and put them behind bars. This all started when the small business “The Blossom Shop” got robbed. The store owner went around and put up flyers to neighboring businesses hoping that someone would respond to the crime. Then one day a store employee suggested posting the picture of the criminal on face book. By posting the picture of the criminal on face book it allowed people to come forth and give any extra information towards the crime. "We put his picture on face book and within 15 minutes, we got a response with his address and stuff about the criminal's history, like how he's been in jail before," stated John Loricco, the owner of Blossom Shop. Local police are thrilled with this idea . By posting these pics on face book it easier and less complicated for police to find the criminal. I believe that people are starting to become more creative with the different ways they use social media. what started out as a site to contact and stay in touch with people, is now being used for more personal and better things to help out our community. More people are beginning to think outside of the box on new ways that social media can better our lives, and our worlds.
Li, D. (2012, March 27). Local Business Uses Face book To Catch Robbers. YALE DAILY NEWS, NEWS
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